October 7 2009 Anime Newsletter

Welcome to the October 7th edition of the BellaOnline Anime newsletter!

Here are some of the headlines coming out of the anime industry since last week's newsletter:

*The TV Asahi Network in Japan has confirmed it will continue broadcasting the Crayon Shin-Chan anime series. The network will resume airing new episodes on October 16. It was also announced that the companies involved with the anime are preparing for the next Crayon Shin-Chan film, which is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters during the spring of 2010.

*Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block will be airing the second Bleach film, Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, at midnight on Saturday, December 5. The first Bleach film, Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody, will be rerun at midnight on Saturday, November 28. Also, the Adult Swim block will be airing the last episode of Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit on December 19.

*The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the United Talent Agency has signed World Events Productions as a client and are trying to close a deal on an "imminent" animated cable series for Voltron. It is also being reported that video game and toy deals are also being planned.

There are topics in the anime forum for each of these news stories. If you'd like to join in on the discussion, there's a link to the forum later in the newsletter. You need to have a BellaOnline forum account in order to post, but signing up for a foum account is free.

This week, I posted two new articles. The first is an overview article for Buso Renkin. The other is a review of the book Samurai From Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation. Links to both of these articles are included later in the newsletter. I have also added Buso Renkin-related words to the list for the Anime word games.

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